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The Worst Kind of Liberal Conservative?

Congressman Joe Wilson

Liberals, primarily Democrats, lie is support of the president and the liberal agenda. Conservatives, primarily Republicans, lie in opposition to the president and the liberal agenda. Businessmen, most notably those connected with financial institutions, lie to everybody.

Attention!

downhill-fp

If our brain is trying to accomplish several things at once, something is lost, and that something is the intense pleasure to be had from focusing on one thing: one simple beautiful piece or moment in the universe.

Gorebal Warming? A Skeptics Opinion

Antartic summer vacation

“Global warming” may be real, but I don’t believe it’s man-made – and this article really isn’t about Al Gore. It’s about the doubt I’ve always had about so-called man-made global warming.

"Don't ask, don't tell" – Obama's choice

Soldiers in bronze

President Obama should take the lead and fulfill his campaign promise to end the unconstitutional “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

The Hairy Arm

Chi and two MPs

One morning while we were having breakfast, the doorbell rang. There was a telegram for my husband, Richard, from Lyndon B. Johnson ordering him to go to Vietnam. Wives and children were not allowed to go, but…

Mysteries of the Chinese Language

Chi Newman

Although Chinese is a very different language from English, it can be learned if you put your mind to it. You should find the spoken language to be quite easy, but writing can be far more difficult.

The Yin Yang Philosophy

Yin Yang

The Yin Yang symbol is a perfect circle of black and white. If there were no black there would be no white; if there were no ups, there would be no downs. The circle represents balance.

Stop! Don’t Make That New Years Resolution

Happy New Year!

I propose the following approach to resolutions: Make resolutions; just don’t make them at the New Year. Any time of year is fine, just not the New Year.

Feedback from a reader of JOO

Kitten with a rose

Some days I get dozens of boring, spammy emails, or stupid jokes. I try to run through them and delete everything that I can, reply to what interests me, and ignore the rest.  Every so often I get an email that totally makes my day and leaves me smiling inside and out for hours. I [...]

T'was the Week Before Christmas…

Santa and Reindeer

Craig Bieber offers up an updated and timely version of the classic Christmas poem – along with a few surprises for average working Americans.